When a group of Chinese elementary school students with a passion for astronomy were asked in what language research on China’s Chang’e-6 lunar soil samples should be written, they stopped smiling.
Students at Fangcaodi International School, a public primary school in Beijing that emphasizes science education, have closely followed China’s recent lunar projects.
Asked with the same question, one of the young science the students proposed a response.
“It should be written in English first so that scientists around the world can understand the latest results and work together to promote research,” he said.
“But there should be a Chinese version so that the entire Chinese population is aware of the latest findings.”
It was an idea that the other four students readily agreed with. But that’s not what happened.